The Clenis Touch
Never underestimate the power of the Clenis. More precisely, never underestimate the punditocracy's fondness for overestimating the power of the Clenis. Or their fondness for logical fallacies. Post hoc ergo propter hoc is at play here, I believe.
Media Matters - New Republic 's Peretz: Bill Clinton's appearance "began Lieberman's decline"
Summary: In a post on The New Republic's weblog The Plank, editor-in-chief Martin Peretz blamed Bill Clinton for Sen. Joseph Lieberman's defeat in the Connecticut Democratic Senate primary. Peretz wrote: "Lieberman and [Ned] Lamont were running dead even in the polls, more or less. Clinton's appearance began Lieberman's decline. Within two or three days, Lieberman was down by ten points."Technorati Tags: Clinton, Lieberman, CT, Lamont, New Republic, Peretz, putz
